The department of Taekwondo in Jeonju University, Conquer
the World with Taekwondo’s Field of Breaking

- the department of Taekwondo in Joenju University, won
the first place in the breaking for both domestic and abroad in the 2018 World
Taekwondo Hanmadang -

The department of Taekwondo (supervisor Suk-kyung Lee) in
Jeonju University achieved excellent results by winning the first place in the
overall breaking field in both domestic and abroad parts at the 2018 World
Taekwondo Hanmadang held at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju Island from the last 28th
to October 1.

Joonhee Park (Jeonju university’s coach) and Ho-seop Tae
(major in Taekwondo ’14) performed high level Taekwondo skills and won the
first place with the top scores from each national part and international part.

Nine students including Jeong-in Kim (major in Taekwondo
’15) were ranked third in the Korean team competition, and In-wook Lee (major
in Taekwondo ’14) took the second place in international team competition.
Also, So-eun Lee (major in Taekwondo ’15) won the second place in kicking, and
Ah-hyun Lee (major in Taekwondo ’15) was also ranked second in the field of
breaking with side of hand.

The department of Taekwondo in Jeonju University is
prestigious in Taekwondo performance, since it won the third place in 2015 and
the first place in 2016 in the World Taekwondo Hanmadang’s ‘individual
competition’ and ‘team competition’ which are known as the main of Taekwondo
performance.

Professor
Bong-seok Kim (dean of the department of sports coaching) said that “students
in Taekwondo stand out every year in the world’s largest competition that 64
countries participate,” and expressed his thought by saying “It seems that the
result of the study and the sweat of the students and the professors have paid
off.”